Predator Turnabout 6

"All he had left were his hands and his sheath knife. Apparently, that was just what it wanted. As blades went, it was a good one-Shiva Ki's Spirit, a ten-inch
Damascus steel blade that would slice through a bundle of a dozen quarter-inch ropes with one whack, over and over, and would stay sharp until your arm got tired. Sloane had once chopped a three-inch tree branch in half with one swing. How would it work against this predator?
Only one way to find out."pg.227 chpt.29